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It's been a year like no other. Actually, make that two years like no other, since eligibility in the unusual 14-month Oscar calendar was extended by two months until February 28, 2021. This will be the first Academy Awards since the sixth edition, listed as 1932-33, that will have included one year and part of the…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Despite the shortcomings posed by pandemic considerations, plus the financial constraints that forced them to pre-tape canned acceptance speeches in certain less-starry categories, Thursday night’s Film Independent Spirit Awards was a pretty lively af…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Oscar nominations are upon us, coming up starting at 5:19 a.m. PT on Monday, so finally we can get the answer to the question I posed in this column last week about engagement of Academy voters in this strange Covid-extended season: “Is anybody…

The 15 shortlisted films vying to become one of the five Best International Feature nominees at the 2021 Academy Awards are a surprising and creatively engaging bunch. Their stories often are drenched in history — much of it tragic and disturbing — and turbulent social and political currents course through any number…

Laverne Cox announced on Wednesday that she will no longer be involved in Sarah Jones’ upcoming sex industry documentary, Sell/Buy/Date, following backlash on social media. “I am not in an emotional place to deal with the outrage by some around my participation in this project. So I have decided to pull out,” she…

Donald Glover isn’t holding back on expectations for Seasons 3 and 4 of his series Atlanta. Speaking out via Twitter today, Glover – who created the comedy-drama series and stars in it – was over-the-top excited about the show, which is set to film back-to-back seasons starting in January after being shut down in…

Back in the days when the music business was starting to evolve from its wilder entrepreneurial early days into a more corporate environment, there was an eternal lament that the real record guys were being pushed out by corporate suits. As more and more multinationals swallowed up the business, that change became…

It's always hard to pick a winner (I have been making predictions all week on Deadline), and I have some favorites (yes, I am one of the 23,000 or so eligible Emmy voters) in what has turned out to be an exceptional year for television. A number of people didn't get nominations who should have, for example Chris Evans…

Another year, another Emmys. Well, maybe it's not that simple this time around, because this 72nd annual celebration of television's best is destined to be anything but just another Emmys. The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has turned everything upside down. We've seen civil unrest in major cities, plus a wild…

A returning champ vs. another past winner sets up the possibility of a repeat victor for Lead Actor in a Drama Series, but there are a couple of veterans in the mix who have 13 acting Emmy nods between them and no win, so sentiment could be a factor. There's also a brilliant Scottish-born star whose time may have come…

This may be the toughest overall competition of any Emmy category this year. In fact, in a year where Elisabeth Moss, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Mandy Moore, and many others weren't nominated, you might be right to get the feeling that the contest for Lead Actress In A Drama Series is going to be brutal. We…

Previous winners of the Outstanding Comedy Series category in just about the entirety of the past decade—Fleabag, Veep, Modern Family—aren't a factor this year, so there's a chance for new blood to take over. Only 2018 winner The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is back in the race, and in a very big way, with 20 nominations…